ADO inequality for combining three quantum states

Let D(d)\mathcal{D}(d) denote the set of dd-dimensional quantum states. Let f:D(d)Rf:\mathcal{D}(d)\to\mathbb{R} be concave and symmetric, let ρ1,ρ2,ρ3D(d)\rho_1,\rho_2,\rho_3\in\mathcal{D}(d) be states, and let (p1,p2,p3)(p_1,p_2,p_3) be a probability distribution. Let ρ\rho be the combined state given by the constructions in equations (p:1), (p:2), and (p:3), with the parameters pip_i and δij\delta_{ij} subject to equation (eq:deltas). ADO inequality.

f(ρ)p1f(ρ1)+p2f(ρ2)+p3f(ρ3).f(\rho)\geq p_1f(\rho_1)+p_2f(\rho_2)+p_3f(\rho_3).

This conjecture proposes the three-state generalization of the entropy power inequality proved for two states, and would establish the corresponding lower bound for every concave symmetric function. The source identifies it as the main open problem, and no resolution is supplied here.

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Maris Ozols, “How to combine three quantum states”, arXiv:1508.00860 (2017).

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